was talking to mia online, griping the state of WA now (her doing most of the griping of course. but it was juicy! i'm so bitchy today! haha!!). this is what i have to say..
what i took from WA are good lessons. don't trust. maybe people don't always intend to be nasty and two-faced, and they probably don't realise they are nasty and two-faced, but the fact remains people can be nasty and two-faced. we each have our defence mechanism, i guess. just work around the defence mechanism of another person, avoid having your toes stomped on, but in the unfortunate event you do get your toes stepped on, fight back and fight back hard. give them the hell they fucking deserve. show no mercy. then move on.
but what struck me was how is it a group of two-faced people can all meet at WA, yet at WT, it's possible to have the sweetest kindest people. or is it the nature of a high volume store to develop partners who are naturally cold and bitchy because when things need to be done, nice doesn't get you very far. whereas at lower volume stores, you start to bond with your partners and you make friends. or is it sheer bad luck, that a bunch of people came together, worked together, and brought out the absolute worst in each. was it a melting pot for disaster at WA? was it feng shui? it's difficult to fathom, it's mysterious, it's strange, it's pretty darn sad.
from WT, i took with me barista skills, both in handling the coffee and the people, and i took with me great friends. from WA, i took with me a caffeine addiction and a whole lot of bitterness.
sure, i miss my bar, especially when i step into a store, and the aroma of coffee just attacks my nasal glands from all possible directions. i yearn to be behind the counter, in an apron, steaming a perfect pitcher of milk and pulling great sweet shots of coffee. but that all disappears when anyone mentions going back to WA for a shift with those people.
